Pedestal indirect-electric-lighting fixture.



1,079,290, Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

rmmcx W. man, 0? HACKENBACK, NEW JERSEY.

PEDESTAL IHDIRECT-E LECTRIG-LIGHTING FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnmmiucx W..Em mnn, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pedestal IndirectElectric Lighting Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to indirect electric lightin fixtures, supportedfrom the base.

- An 0 eat of m invention is to provide an ellicient fighting xtureadapted for installation on the floor in the center of rooms, or ontables or other articles of furniture, for throwing li ht upward to theceiling for reflected distribution from the ceiling, to serve generaluseful illuminating purposes and to surround the light with a flowerreceptacle to screen the light from view.

Another object of my invention is to construct a substantial fixture ata minimum cost and to combine a flower receptacle with the fixture.

Another object of my invention is to so ion the details of the fixturethat it may he manufactured with standard shop equipment.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which the detailsof structure and other features are shown.

Figure 1 is a side view of my fixture showing a construction suitablefor a self contained floor fixture. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectionof Fig. 1, the chief parts being shown on a larger scale.

'1, is a pedestal in the form of a shaft, with an enlarged flaring floorstand base. uiountin the pedestal is a bowl, 2. The bowl an pedestal arepreferably made separate to facilitate both manufacture and shipment.

Hat and coat racks, 3, are attached to the pedestal, 1, at a convenientheight and cane or umbrella rack chains, 4, are'attached to the edestalat a lower convenient height.

ithin the bowl, 2, a ring shaped flower receptacle, 5, shown in Fig. 2,is inserted, flowers, 6, are indicated growing in this receptacle anddepending over the rim of the bowl. This placement of flowers near anelectric light stimulates their growth and therefore makes it possibleto keep them in positions where sunlight does not reach hem.

pedestal, 1, has a recess, 7,

The base of the in its lower centra portion within which is Surcontaineda junction box, 8. At the junction box, 8, electric wires, 9, areindicated, which may communicate with a source of current. The junctionbox, 8, is secured to the lower end of an upwardly extending conduit,10, which serves the double purpose of conducting the wires upwardly andlending mechanical strength to the pedestal, 1, by forming a stiff corefor it.

At an upper extended portion, 11, of the pedestal, 1, it enters a recessin'the bottom of bowl, 2, for the purpose of centering the bowl, makinga neat joint and concealing an iron plate, 12. The plate, 12 is made inthe form of a disk with a central upward extension, 13, this plate 12has a hole in the center and is tapped for attachment to the conduit,10, and also for attachment to a lamp socket, 14, thus the wires, 9, mayemerge from the conduit, 10, pass through the plate, 12, and into thelamp socket, 14. The plate 12, at its flat portion makes ossible asecure attachment to the bowf 2. Screws, bolts or other approved devicesmay be used to secure the bowl, 2, to the plate 12.

In the socket 14 is placed the lamp, 15, and the diffusive reflector,16, is also attached to the socket, 14.

Havin what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.An indirect electric illuminating fixture, composed of a pedestalsurmounted by a bowl, having within same a ring shaped flowerreceptacle, an electric lam within a reflector mounted in the center 0the bowl, an iron disk rigidly attached to the upper end of a conduitfor forming attachment to the bowl, lamp and reflector, a downwardextension of the conduit, through the pedesthus described my invention,

tal, strengthening same, and a junction box I attached to the lower endof the conduit within the base of the pedestal.

2. A decorative indirect electric illuminating fixture, com d of apedestal surmounted by a bow having w1thin same a ring shaped flowerreceptacle, an electric lamp and a reflector for same, in the center ofthe bowl, mounted at the upper end of an electric conduit which extendsdownwardly through the pedestal, strengthening same, and a 1unction boxattached to the lower end of the conduit within the base of thepedestal.

3. In an indirect illuminating fixture, a pedestal surmounted by amember, recessed and desi ed to contain a flower receptacle, a conduitwithin the pedestal and an attachment device at the u per end of theconduit to hold the recesse member.

4. In an indirect illuminating fixture, a relatively tall slenderpedestal surmounted by a. recessed member, a li ht in the recess andmeans includin a ower receptacle within the edge of t e recess to screenthe light from horizontal distribution, a conduit within the pedestaland an attachment device at the u per end of theconduit to hold therecessed member.

5. In a lighting fixture, a bowl, a source of light centra ly locatedtherein, a flower receptacle within the bowl to screen the lighthorizontally and provided with an aperture through which the light mayshine upwardlly.

6. n a li hting fixture, a source of light an opaque owl containing saidlight and limiting its illumination to an upward direction, and a flowerreceptacle disposed within the rim of said bowl.

7. In a lighting fixture, a source of light and means including anencirclin flower receptacle for limiting the direct il umination fromsaid light to an upward direction.

8. In a lighting fixture, a source of light and means including anencircling flower receptacle for screening the light from distributionin a horizontal direction.

9. In a lighting fixture a relativelytall slender pedestal, surmountedby a source of light, and means, including an encircling flowerreceptacle, for screening the light.

from horizontal distribution.

FREDERICK W. EMMER.

Witnesses:

t E. L. E. BBYKCZVYUBKI,

WILLIAM D. STAIB.

